Improvement in skates



B. GALLAGHER.

S e t a k S n t n nu m e V 0 r p m Patented Oct. 8, i872.

NITED BERNARD GALLAGHER, on sr. JOHN, NEw RRUNswicK.

lMPROl/EMENT iN -SKATES.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 131,948, dated October 8, 1872.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD GALLAGHER, of St. John, New Brunswick, have invented a new and useful Improvement `in Skate-Fastenings,of which the following is a specification: I

' Nature and Objects of the Intention'. The nature of my invention relates to skatefastenin gs for the purpose of securing the runner to the sole and heel plates in a manner as will now be shown-and described.

On the drawing, Figure 1 is a side view. of my improved skate; Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the sole and heel plates, without showing the runner; Figs.`8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 show detailed views and sections of different modes for-attaching the runner to the sole and heel plates; Fig. 10 is an enlarged view of the jaw 1t; and Fig. 1l isa section over the line A B taken on Fig. 10.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever th'ey occur on the drawing.

This my invention is an improvement on my former patent, No. 108,581, dated October 25, 1870, and 4consists mainly in raising blisters on the under side ofthe sole and heel plates.

Said blisters are each cut through with a slothole, wherein the upper part of the runner rests. The sides of the slotted blisters serve as supports for the runners. The runner may be attached to the sole and heel plates by riveting, or by means of screws, or screws and nuts, as may be des 1red.

[operated in and out from the centerline of the skate by means ofthe lever F, connecting-link G, and double-crank piece H. The latter is supported and allowed to turn around the screw or rivet a. attached to the under side of the sole-plate D. The clamps E E hook onto the pins fi t of the double crank-piece H, for

\ which purpose the eXtreme inner ends b b of the clamps E E are provided with transverse slot-holes c c, shown in dotted lines on Fig. 2.

The object of these slot-holes@ c is to allow the clamps E E to adjust themselves automatica-lly around the pins j j, so as to t and grasp the sides of any desired-shaped sole, whether the same is parallel or tapering toward the toes. The clamps E E are provided with slot-holes k la, by means of which and the pins j j the clamps E E are guided as they are moved in or out. The forward end of the connectingbar G is provided with a curved slot through which a screw and regulating-nut attaches said bar to a projecting arm of the double crank H, at a point midway between the pinsi i. The lever F `operates the bar G forward and back `by means of the pin o working in the right-angled slot q, as shown in Fig. 2. The jaws E E and B are simultaneously operatediby means of the lever F, so as to grasp rmly the sole and heel or" the boot at the same time. The jaw B can be adjusted forward and back by means of the screw 'r projecting through a slot-hole, s, made in the connecting-bar Gr. The screw r is provided at the top with a nut, t, by which means the jaw It is held firmly to the connecting-bar G. To prevent the jaw R to turn around the bolt r I press down two lips, u a, Figs. 10 and 11, that project down in the slot-hole s. ,u The lips u u are made of the same width as the slot-hole s, by which arrangement the jaw It is guided steadily in its motion on the connecting-bar Gr. The uprights B B are attached to the sole and heel plates C D in the following manner: I raise blisters S S on the under side of the plates C D, and cut' the said blisters with a slot, T, through which the upright B projects, and I rivet the upper end of said uprights B B irmly in the slot T, wherebythe plates C and D are strongly attached to the uprights B B B. The perforated blister S projects downward on each side of the upright B, and by this meansholds it rmly in place. Instead of riveting the uprights B B to the blisters S S, Isometimes tap the uprights B B and insert a screw, V, from above, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, or I make a dovetail in the upper end of the uprights B B and securethe plates G and .D thereto by means of a dovetailed screw, X, and a nut, Y, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

Having thus fully described the nature, con

struction, and operation of my invention, I nut Y, for the purpose and in a manner set wish to secure by Letters Patent and ciaim- 1. The raised blisters S S on the under side of the sole or heel plates, provided with slotforth.

3. The construction and arrangement of the lips u u on the jaw R, in combination with the slot-hole s in the oonnectin g-bar G, for the purpose and in 2n manner as herein set forth and described.

BERNARD GALLAGHER. Witnesses:

' ALBAN ANDRN,

WM. H. HUromNscN. 

